始料不及

Chinese

		begin	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess	not; no	to reach; and
trad. (始料不及)		始	料	不	及
simp. #(始料不及)		始	料	不	及

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐliàobùjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² liu⁶ bat¹ kap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐliàobùjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhliàobùjí
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-liao⁴-pu⁴-chi²
    • Yale: shř-lyàu-bù-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyliawbujyi
    • Palladius: шиляобуцзи (šiljaobuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² liu⁶ bat¹ kap⁶
    • Yale: chí liuh bāt kahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² liu⁶ bat⁷ kap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² liu⁶ bed¹ keb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ liːu̯²² pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚²/

Idiom

始料不及

1. (of an event that occurred) to be unexpected; to be unanticipated